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Iron Cross

–noun
1. a German medal awarded for outstanding bravery or service during wartime.
2. (lowercase) Gymnastics. an upright, crosslike position held between the rings, with the arms fully extended laterally and the legs held together and pointed downward.

Origin:
1870–75

Iron Cross 
from Ger. das eiserne kreuz, instituted by Frederick Wilhelm III of Prussia, originally for distinguished military service in the wars against Napoleon.

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